当官好难It's hard to be an official

县令杨大人，性情刚烈鲠直，触怒他的人必死无疑；他尤其痛恨那些行为不端的差役，即便有小过失也不宽恕。只要他威风凛凛地在大堂上一坐，下面的小官没有敢咳嗽的。这类小官中如果有人出主意，他就偏反着办。······ , the county magistrate Mr. Yang, has a strong and upright temperament, and anyone who offends him will definitely die; he especially hates those officers who misbehave, and will not forgive even small mistakes. As long as he sat majestically in the lobby, none of the officials below would dare to cough. If someone among this kind of petty officials had an idea, he would do the opposite.